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Lincoln Total Community Action, Inc. Board of Directors is seeking persons from the various Target Areas in Lincoln Parish to serve on the Board for a four year term. Interested persons must submit a letter stating a desire to be a representative from their respective area, along with a petition with at least 15 signatures of endorsement from persons residing within the specified areas. The required forms may be picked up from the main office located on 1400 Oakdale Street, Ruston, LA in the Paul E. Slaton Head Start Center or by calling 318-255-5401.

Dewey C. Thurmon of Ruston died at age 93 on Friday, October 21st. Visitation will be on Monday, October 24th at 9:30 a.m. followed immediately by the funeral at 11:00 a.m., both at the Presbyterian Church of Ruston. Reverend Edith Hill will officiate. Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston, LA.

Sheriff Mike Stone defeated opponent Larry Jones in a landslide election on Saturday to claim his third term in office.
Stone, a Democrat, claimed his reelection with 7,782 votes, which was 86.21 percent of voters, showing up to support the incumbent sheriff. Jones , also a Democrat, received 1,245 votes, which was 13.79 percent of the voters.

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The seats of five incumbents on the Lincoln Parish Police Jury are secure following Saturday’s elections.
The election results were as follows:
• District 1 — With 571 people voting, incumbent Theresa Wyatt retained her seat over challenger and fellow Democrat Charles Owens III. Wyatt had 66.9 percent of the votes, and Owens had 33.1 percent.

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Lincoln Parish Park saw a permanent addition open up to the public Saturday afternoon. Legacy Park, a new playground that features equipment accessible to all children, including those with special needs, held a “soft” opening. The project, which has been in the works for around two years, has been funded by a mixture of community donations and a grant from the Lincoln Health Foundation. Pictured above: Jana Beck, president of Legacy Park, speaks to the crowd gathered for the “soft” opening with other members of the group responsible for making the park possible.

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Lincoln Parish’s two state representative races were the complete opposite of each other on Election Day, with one a landslide victory and the other a runoff, giving the parish and district another month to decide who it wants representing it.
In the District 12 State Representative race, Jason Bullock and Rob Shadoin, of Ruston, and Jacob “Jake” Halley, of Farmerville — all Republicans — faced off, with a runoff scheduled to take place between Bullock and Shadoin after neither gained enough votes to take home the seat outright.

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Lincoln Parish Sheriff Mike Stone said a few things are changing around the Lincoln Parish Detention Center since a prisoner escaped in late September.
It was initially reported that Moses Marcell Cooper, who was serving time on a robbery conviction, escaped the detention center sometime between midnight and 5 a.m. Sept. 27, and it appeared he had gotten out of the building and gone over the fence.
Further investigation has revealed, however, that Cooper left the facility as early as 5 p.m. Sept. 26, and Stone said no one knew the prisoner was missing until the morning of Sept 27.

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With the election results in, the races for Louisiana Senate members vying to represent Lincoln Parish saw some new and familiar faces ending up on top of the political polls.
Two Senate races were decided Saturday, with a third Senate race in District 33 already going to Republican incumbent Mike Walsworth, who ran unopposed.
The closer of the two races in the parish was the seat for the District 35 Senatorial District between Republican incumbent Robert W. “Bob” Kostelka and Republican “Jeff” Guerrerio.

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Lincoln Parish decided on Sheila Bordelon to be the new tax assessor.
Bordelon replaces current assessor Pam Jones, who chose not to seek re-election after serving 12 years in the position.
Bordelon took 4,667 votes, which accounted for 54.69 percent of the votes cast Her opponent, Becky Webb, received 3,867 votes or 45.31 percent of votes cast.

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